If you are planning on going to Staples today for the money making paper deal (it ends Wednesday!), you might want to print this $1 Avery coupon. They have the Avery memo pads on sale for $1 until Saturday, so you will get it FREE with the coupon!
(Thanks Frugal Living and Having Fun!)
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Add to favoritesCan you go an entire month without going out to eat? What about a week or a day? Can you cut your dining bill by 20%, 50% , 75% or more? That is what I challenge you to do!
At the end of the 30 days, I will choose one winner who will get $50 to spend at a restaurant(s) of their choice!
The rules:
1. You must challenge yourself. Try to spend less than you spend now. If you don’t go out to eat at all, challenge yourself to try new meals this month. As long as you are challenging yourself when it comes to your family’s eating habits, you can participate!
2. You must comment on at least 10 days worth of the discussion posts in order to be eligible to win the gift card.
3. The winner will be chosen at random. It won’t matter if you have been 100% successful or not.
4. You are allowed 1 freebie meal that you don’t have to count or report back to us about. Please report on everything else though so we can encourage and support one another!
5. Free meals do not count against you. This is a challenge to spend less money going out to eat than you usually spend. If someone else is paying for the meal or you have a coupon to make it free, great!
6. Here is a thought… consider keeping a tally of what you would of spent this month. For example, if you really want to go out for breakfast this morning and you resist… write that down! You could then donate that money to a food bank or deposit it into your fund!
7. Be sure to check out our list of casserole recipes here and the crock pot recipes here and the under 6 ingredient recipes here and the what’s for dinner posts
My progress:
I went out with a couple of my friends last night to a local Mexican restaurant. It was so good!
How are you doing?
In order to be eligible to win the $50, you must comment on this post today!
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On our first night at Disney, we went to the beach at the Poly and Emily had a great time putting her feet in the water while we waited for the fireworks to start.
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Hollywood Studios, known previous as MGM studios, is a fun park that gets a bad rap for not being much fun for young kids. However, my kids have a blast at Hollywood Studios! There is the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse show, Toy Story Mania, The Honey I Shrunk the Kids playground and more. And everywhere you look there are characters!
So let me share all the Hollywood Studios tips I have with you:
The Welcome Show
Also referred to as the rope drop show, this show begins about 10 minutes before the park opens and includes the Hollywood characters that roam the streets during the day. It also includes classic cars and a director! It’s a really fun show. But remember your goal is to get as close to the front as possible so you can make a mad dash to Toy Story Mania (if that is your target.)
You can see a You Tube video of the show here.
Located directly in front of you when you enter the park is the Sorcerer’s Hat. The hat is 100 feet tall and Mickey would have to be 350 feet tall to wear this hat! This is a great meeting place if you need to meet up with your party later or if you get separated.
Characters meet in sets around the Sorcerer’s hat at the following times:
9:00, 9:25, 10:25 & 11:25am
I have seen these characters by the hat:
High School Musical 3: Senior Year, Right Here! Right Now Show
The characters of High School Musical 3 take to the streets throughout the day in a high-energy performance of some of the hits from the movie. The show takes place in front of the Sorcerer’s Hat. The first and last shows will have the smallest crowds.
Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood Boulevard is the main street that runs to the Sorcerer’s Hat from the entrance. It has shops up both the left and right side selling exclusive Hollywood Studios merchandise, Mickey hats and more!
Throughout the day, you might encounter a variety of characters known as the “Citizens of Hollywood“. There are cabbies, policemen, reporters, gossip columnists, starlets and more! You can engage these characters in conversations, but don’t expect them to break character. I had one of the starlets chase me around a store telling me I had lost one of my kids. (I had a double stroller and my son was the only one with me.)
Be sure to catch up on the previous training posts here.
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Check out the 4 A Day details here!
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Remember you can catch up on the 4 A Day here!
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Saving money….. now there’s a topic we all love. Most of you are here reading my blog because you want to save more money. We save at the grocery store and we save at the drug store. But there are lots of ways we could be saving and stretching our dollar……
When you need hot water (such as in the shower or for cooking), use a bucket or a container to catch the cooler water. You can then reuse this water to water plants, wash the car, boil it for dinner, etc.
I am not very diligent about doing this but I should be. Our water bill runs $70-$80 a month! (We have sewer too.)
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The Disney Store is having a huge clearance sale and many items are 50% or more off their regular price. The above shirt is just $6.99 and the cap is $4.99. Plus is you spend $50 or more, you get free shipping with the code SHIPFIFTY.
(Thanks The Sassy Saver!)
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I recommend that you print the policy for each store that you shop at and carry it with you!
(Thanks Who Said Nothing In Life Is Free???)
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In yesterday’s post, we looked at character dining at the Walt Disney World parks. Today we are going to look character dining at the resorts. There are a high number of resorts where you can get a great character dining experience, so let’s take a look at them separately. 1900 [...]
My name is Kristin and I am a coupon addict. My coupon addiction feeds my other addiction, Disney. How are the two related you ask? Well I have learned how to use the money I save by couponing to pay for my yearly trips to Disney World. And I am eager to share that knowledge with all of you!
